Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Teaser Tuesdays - November 19

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Teaser Tuesdays, a weekly bookish meme, is brought to you by Should Be Reading. This meme is where I will share two (2) random "teaser" sentences from a random page of whatever I'm currently reading and try to pull you guys in.

Want to play along?

  •     Grab your current read
  •     Open to a random page
  •     Share two sentences from somewhere on that page
  •     Be careful not to include spoilers
  •     Share the title, author, and page of the book

Today's (really long) sentences are from a very very interesting story that I'm reading for and English course. Very very interesting...

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender

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Title - Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
Author - Katie Alender
Series - None
Release Date - September 24th, 2013
Publisher - Scholastic Press
Format Acquired - Hardcover

Colette Iselin is excited to go to Paris on a class trip. She'll get to soak up the beauty and culture, and maybe even learn something about her family's French roots.

But a series of gruesome murders are taking place across the city, putting everything on edge. And as she tours museums and palaces, Colette keeps seeing a strange vision: a pale woman in a ball gown and powdered wig who looks suspiciously like Marie Antoinette.

Colette knows her popular, status-obsessed friends won't believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they uncover a shocking secret involving a dark, hidden history. When Colette realizes she herself may hold the key to the mystery, her own life is in danger...

Acclaimed author Katie Alender brings heart-stopping suspense to this tale of revenge, betrayal, intrigue — and one killer queen.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Teaser Tuesdays - November 12

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Teaser Tuesdays, a weekly bookish meme, is brought to you by Should Be Reading. This meme is where I will share two (2) random "teaser" sentences from a random page of whatever I'm currently reading and try to pull you guys in.

Want to play along?

  •     Grab your current read
  •     Open to a random page
  •     Share two sentences from somewhere on that page
  •     Be careful not to include spoilers
  •     Share the title, author, and page of the book

I've just realized that for weeks now, I've only been posting one sentence and not two. Silly me.

Monday, November 11, 2013

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

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Title - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Author - Holly Black
Series - None
Release Date - September 3rd, 2013
Publisher - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format Acquired - Hardcover

Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. And once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave.

One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of a Coldtown itself.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Fluent Fridays 2 - Picking Favorites

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"What's your favorite book/series/author/etc?"

One of the hardest things about being a reader, I think, is having to pick favorites. Favorite books, favorite authors, covers, characters, etc.

I chose to briefly discuss the cruel concept of having to pick favorites because of the currently running Goodreads Choice Awards 2013.


What makes it hard to pick who or what I love most about books? I think it's because there are so many options out there; we are surrounded by literature, and when we think we've fallen in love with one, a new book comes out and blows us all away!

For the longest time, I didn't have any novels that I would do anything to get my hands on. I mean, I (really really) liked a lot of them, re-read some of them a couple of times, but nothing ever err stirred my blood? o.o' That is, until I read a certain title called The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. And then I read and re-read and re-read and re-read Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes in one sitting. Immediately after, I discovered The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. All in the timeframe of a couple of months.

  

When it comes to series, I've fallen for so many this year. I'm obsessed, addicted, and consumed by the series and, by default, their authors:

The Raven Cycle
by Maggie Stiefvater

1 - The Raven Boys
2 - The Dream Thieves

I've lost count of how many times I've read The Raven Boys while I was waiting for The Dream Thieves to come out. And now I own the second Raven Cycle title which is signed and doodled on by Stiefvater herself!

Book 3 comes out sometime in 2014. Book 4? 2015. Which is not OK at all.
INEEDMOREGANSEYANDRONANANDBLUEINMYLIFE!!!


Throne of Glass

2 - Crown of Midnight (THE TWISTS)

Sarah J. Maas is a tremendously wonderful writer. And if you have never heard of or read this series yet, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE? BUY THEM BOTH NAO!!

Books 3-6 come out from 2014-2017. TT.TT


The Selection

2 - The Elite (Be prepared...)
3 - The One (May 6th, 2014)

Kiera Cass puts an interesting twist on the classic story of Cinderella. She is also a funny author who likes to connect (a lot) with her readers.


The Chronicles of Elantra

10 - Cast in Flame (2014)

There's already 9 books out (with one expected to be published in 2014) and yet the story has JUST BEGUN. I own title 8, Cast in Peril ^^ but still haven't read title 9, Cast in Sorrow. Not by choice!


The Undead


Vanpires and werewolves and all things that go bump in the night... This series is hilarious, bloody, and dirty. But mostly, it's hilarious and I love it all!



So would I say that these are my favorite books/series of all time? Yes but no. I feel like the term "favorite" is too limited. I am infatuated with the titles listed, but there are so many others that I will never forget and will never 'get over' because it's hard. And most of all, I don't want to have to pick this over that.

Why can't other people get that? Why do they expect me to have one that I prefer above all others? e.e 

Stop asking me that question.


Thursday, November 7, 2013

Teaser Tuesdays (On a Thursday!) - November 7

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Teaser Tuesdays, a weekly bookish meme, is brought to you by Should Be Reading. This meme is where I will share two (2) random "teaser" sentences from a random page of whatever I'm currently reading and try to pull you guys in.

Want to play along?

  •     Grab your current read
  •     Open to a random page
  •     Share two sentences from somewhere on that page
  •     Be careful not to include spoilers
  •     Share the title, author, and page of the book

I've been busy with school projects lately, but I will always find the time to read very entertaining books about the Roaring Twenties. Accidentally read the last volume of the series first a few of months ago. Oops.

Monday, November 4, 2013

GOODREADS Choice Awards 2013 - Opening

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Hooray! The Goodreads Choice Awards 2013 is here!

The Very Bookish Event

The event is an awards show type of thing that happens once a year where readers vote for their favorite nominated book in any and every one of the categories.

This year, there are twenty (20) categories: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, Memoir & Autobiography... *breathes* History & Biography, Nonfiction, Food & Cookbooks, Humor, Graphic Novels & Comics, Poetry, Debut Goodreads Author, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Middle Grade & Children's, and Picture Books.

Wow, what a list! And the voting schedule is as shown below:
November 4 - 9                 Opening Round
November 11 - 16             Semifinal Round
November 18 - 25             Final Round

This is my first time participating because I didn't know it existed (my life was sad before Goodreads).
I'm extremely glad and proud that stuff like this exists in the bookish community.~

However... it makes me feel like I don't read enough?
I go into most of the categories and am like, "I HAVEN'T READ ANY OF THESE AWESOME BOOKS WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?!?!"
I truly want to cry a little.
Some of the books I recognize and have originally had interest in them but never got the chance to add them to my TBR list. And it seems that my list is so full already (I call it virtually clutter, and having claustrophobia, this does not bode well for me).
But. But but BUT! I have decided that I will add at least one book from each of the categories to my TBR, maybe even more than that from the categories like Middle Grade & Children's, and Picture Books.

Which books did I vote for (so far) during the Opening Round?


And when I got to a Certain Category, I could no longer complain that I "don't know any of these titles!" because six of them are favorites.
This was the hardest decision I had yet to make this week...

For which title will you be rooting?



Friday, November 1, 2013

Fearless/Sam/Run by Francine Rascal

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Title - Fearless/Sam/Run
Author - Francine Pascal
Series - Fearless
Release Date - January 31st, 2012
Publisher - Simon Pulse
Format Acquired - Paperback
Gaia Moore is brilliant and beautiful. She's trained in three kinds of martial arts, has reflex speed that's off the charts, and can break codes in four languages.
She's also missing the fear gene.
All Gaia wants is to be like everyone else. Instead, she's left wondering about her past, her missing family... and the unavailable boy she's falling for. But everything changes when she learns that someone is hunting her down for her special skills, and they'll do anything to get to her.
But Gaia isn't worried.
She is FEARLESS.

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